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catholic clerical orders as being of apostolic lineage, but have a different concept of the apostolic succession as it exists outside the canonical borders of the orthodox church, extending the term only to bishops who have maintained communion, received ordination from a line of apostolic bishops, and preserved
that "according to catholic doctrine, these communities do not enjoy apostolic succession in the sacrament of orders, and are, therefore, deprived of a constitutive element of the church. these ecclesial communities which, specifically because of the absence of the sacramental priesthood, have not preserved...
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